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<h1>MySQL Perl tutorial</h1>

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This is a Perl programming tutorial for the MySQL database. It covers the 
basics of MySQL programming with the Perl language. 
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<h2>Table of Contents</h2>

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<li><a href="dbi/">MySQL &amp; Perl DBI</a></li>
<li><a href="connect/">Connecting to the database</a></li>
<li><a href="err/">Error handling</a></li>
<li><a href="queries/">Queries</a></li>
<li><a href="bind/">Binding parameters &amp; columns</a></li>
<li><a href="images/">Working with images</a></li>
<li><a href="meta/">Getting database metadata</a></li>
<li><a href="trans/">Transactions</a></li>
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<h2>Perl DBI</h2>

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The Perl <b>DBI</b> (Database Interface) is a database access module for
the Perl programming language. It defines a set of methods, variables and
conventions that provide a standard database interface.
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Other languages have created similar universal interfaces for working 
with databases. Java has JDBC, PHP PDO. 
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<h2>Similar tutorials</h2>

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The <a href="/databases/mysqltutorial/">MySQL tutorial</a> covers the MySQL database. 
The <a href="/db/mysqlrubytutorial/">MySQL Ruby tutorial</a> is a MySQL programming
tutorial for the Ruby language. The <a href="/db/mysqlcsharptutorial/">MySQL C# tutorial</a> 
is a MySQL programming tutorial for the C# language.
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